House prices

Scottish house prices down for first time in eight months

Scottish house prices fell by 1% in February, Your Move has stated. The average price...

London deposit situation “unsustainable”

Research by My Home Move has found that the average deposit paid for a...

House prices boosted by BTL rush

Rightmove has revealed that the average price of property coming to market up in...

Growing pessimism in housing market

Confidence in the UK housing market is at its lowest level in over a...

South East house price growth outstripping London

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that average house prices increased by...

Halifax: rise in annual house price growth

The Halifax has reported that house prices in the first three months of 2016...

Higher property values for equity release referral customers

Customers referred to specialist equity release brokers by other advisers have significantly higher house...

Nationwide reports acceleration in house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the price of a typical UK home...

Land Registry data shows London roaring ahead

House price data for February 2016 from the Land Registry shows a monthly fall...

Home affordability gap widens

Home affordability across UK cities has hit its worst level in eight years, according...

Flat prices rising by £1,000pcm

The average price of a flat has increased by £86,474 (£1,029 per month) since property...

London and SE house prices steam ahead

House prices in the UK increased by 7.9% in the year to January 2016,...

£300,000 milestone passed, says Rightmove

Rightmove's house price index for March 2016 has revealed that the average price of a...

Highest Scottish January home sales in eight years

Average house prices in Scotland increased by £1,350, or 0.8%, in January 2016, according...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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